Mastodawn

FOSSism · /ˈfɔːʃɪzəm/ or fawsh-iz-um · noun
A militant branch of the open source movement that delights in telling absolutely anyone that 'they are doing it wrong'. One of the fundamental social problems holding the Fediverse back. Nearly always a white dude.

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Thib 4d ago

@scottjenson I’m increasingly experiencing it, and I wonder if it boils down to a lack of empathy.

There’s regularly a mob mentality on the Fediverse that I don’t experience elsewhere.

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Scott Jenson 3d ago

@thibaultamartin My theory is that it's cultural. There was a small insular community that used CWs, Hashtags, and Alt Text, and then in came "the hordes" and didn't do it EXACTLY right and they got pissed that their community was no longer "pure".

We need to a) relax a bit and b) understand that not everyone is going to do everything you want.

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Janne Moren

@scottjenson @thibaultamartin
We need to relax a *whole lot* and embrace completely different ways to use this platform.